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A sound science journal for the 🌵🌿🌱 community established by @aspbofficial.bsky.social, @sebiology.bsky.social & Wiley Plant Science. Posts by societies and Editor-in-Chief @larrymyork.phenotyper.com
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🌿Plant Direct is an open-access journal dedicated to sound science in plant biology, published as a joint venture of the American Society of Plant Biologists, the Society for Experimental Biology, and Wiley.🌱

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November 25, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Leaf Anatomy, Volatile Metabolite Profile, and Cytotoxic Activity of the Endemic Seseli tomentosum Vis.: Insights Into Species-Specific Adaptations (Elma Vuko, Sanja Radman, Juraj Kamenjarin, et al) doi.org/10.1002/pld3... #PlantScience @aspbofficial @wileyecology @sebiology
Seseli tomentosum Vis. in its natural habitat—degraded, stony pasture at the locality of Majdan, Municipality of Klis, Croatia. The plant is perennial, 50–100 cm tall, with a semi-woody rhizome and lower stem. One or two upright, thin, round stems develop from the rhizome.
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November 25, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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November 24, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Integrative Transcriptomic and Phosphoproteomic Analysis Reveals Key Components of the SnRK1 Signaling Network in Rice (Maria C. Faria-Bates, Chandan Maurya, K. Muhammed Jamsheer, Vibha Srivastava) buff.ly/zo2QiqS #PlantScience @aspbofficial @wileyecology @sebiology
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November 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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November 21, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Untargeted Proteomics Identifies Plant Substrates of the Bacterial-Derived ADP-Ribosyltransferase AvrRpm1 (Simranjit Kaur, Thomas Colby, Domenika Thieme, Carsten Proksch, Susanne Matschi, Ivan Matić, Lennart Wirthmueller) buff.ly/b8U3q0m #PlantScience @aspbofficial @wileyecology @sebiology
ADP-ribosylated peptide AYHPVYNETMSMGGGSSNEFGQWLDK (z = 3, mass = 3519.31 Da) from PLDGAMMA3-HA-StrepII coexpressed with AvrRpm1-Flag in N. benthamiana. Unmodified y-ions and y-ions with a neutral loss of AMP are indicated above the sequence logo. The horizontal line designates the possible sequence window for ADP-ribosylation. Asterisks indicate ions with a neutral loss of AMP (Δ347.06 Da).
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November 21, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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November 20, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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November 19, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Revealing the Application of Synchrotron-Based X-Ray Computed Tomography in Healthy Versus Unhealthy Interior Lodgepole Pine (Pinus contorta var. latifolia) Conelets (Emelie Dykstra, Jarvis A. Stobbs, Esteban Galeano, Barb R. Thomas) buff.ly/7DuknH7 #PlantScience @aspbofficial
Avizo software volume rendering of lodgepole pine conelets 4-week postpollination (receptivity) from clone (genotype) 1401. Scale bar depicted to 700 μm, ticks at each 100 μm. Conelet tissue is visualized in blue; inner cavity space is visualized in red. The left panel depicts an early aborted conelet, whereas the right panel depicts a healthy conelet. (a, b) Visualization of the physical structures. (c, d) Cavity space in relation to the conelet tissue. (e, f) Isolated cavity space.
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November 19, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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📣Introducing the 2026 Plantae Editors! Returning in 2026, ASPB has appointed its new group of Plantae Editors to further support Plantae's growth and goal to serve as a community resource for plant biologists, by plant biologists.🌱

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November 11, 2025 at 7:45 PM
An Introduction to Network Analysis in Plant Biology (Chamindika L. Siriwardana, Ashleigh S. Carlton, Thalia Lizeth Moncayo, Elizabeth A. O'Bier, Laura E. Bartley) buff.ly/2Hl7Iaw #PlantScience @aspbofficial
October 29, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Rose Bengal Is a Precise Pharmacological Tool Triggering Chloroplast-Driven Programmed Cell Death in Plants, Dependent on Calcium and Mitochondria, and Associated With Early Transcriptional Reprogramming (Yasmine Jnaid, Rory Burke, et al) doi.org/10.1002/pld3... #PlantScience @aspbofficial
October 27, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Rapid and Cost-Effective Digital Quantification of RNA Editing and Maturation in Organelle Transcripts by Oxford Nanopore Target-Indexed-PCR (TIP) Sequencing (Zhihua Hua) doi.org/10.1002/pld3... #PlantScience @aspbofficial
October 24, 2025 at 1:59 PM
CmSGT1, Transcriptionally Regulated by CmWRKY21 and CmWRKY31, Improves Powdery Mildew Resistance in Cucurbita moschata (Wei-Li Guo, Jin-Peng Zhao, Xue-Jin Chen, Bi-Hua Chen, Qing-Fei Li, Xin-Zheng Li) buff.ly/0MUMytg #PlantScience @aspbofficial
CmSGT1, Transcriptionally Regulated by CmWRKY21 and CmWRKY31, Improves Powdery Mildew Resistance in Cucurbita moschata
Powdery mildew (PM), mainly caused by Podosphaera xanthii, is a severe destructive disease that threatens the production of cucurbit crops globally. Heterologous transformation has shown that the…
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October 23, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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What is #PlantBio2026?

It’s the global meeting for plant scientists, from early career researchers to established scientists leading the field, from academia to industry.

📅 July 18–22, 2026
📍 Ottawa, Canada
🌍 Scientists from 50+ countries

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October 2, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Genetic Regulation of Anthocyanin Biosynthesis in Cornus Species: The Roles of R2R3-MYB Transcription Factors (Žaklina Pavlović, Miriam Payá-Milans, Marzena Nowakowska, Matthew L. Huff, Kimberly D. Gwinn, Robert N. Trigiano, Marcin Nowicki) doi.org/10.1002/pld3... #PlantScience
October 9, 2025 at 3:05 PM
A Study on the Response Mechanism of Davidia involucrata Baill. to Drought Stress Based on Transcriptomic Analysis (Shuang Li, Jiankuo Du) doi.org/10.1002/pld3... #PlantScience
October 8, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Analysis of Genotypic Variations in the Anthocyanin Biosynthetic Pathway in Potatoes (Chae-Min Lee, Seung Yong Shin, Su-Jin Park, Ji-Sun Park, Changsoo Kim, Hyun-Soon Kim, Hyo-Jun Lee) buff.ly/u04SnK7 #PlantScience
Surface and cross section images. Potato plants were grown for the indicated time periods in soil and then tubers were harvested. Scale bars, 3 cm. w, weeks.
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October 7, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Early Flowering 3 (ELF3) Inhibits Hypocotyl Phototropism in Light-Grown Arabidopsis Seedlings (Geoffrey M. C. Cobb, Johanna Krahmer, Ganesh M. Nawkar, Alessandra Boccaccini, Sandi Paulišić, Christian Fankhauser) doi.org/10.1002/pld3... #PlantScience
Schematic showing the light treatments over the course of the experiment. Seedlings were grown for 4 days in long days (16-h light/8-h dark) at 21°C in combined LRFR + LB light. Bending assays were then conducted every 4 h over a 48-h timecourse, starting at dawn on the 5th day. In this schematic, yellow represents combined LRFR + LB light, black represents night, and blue represents combined LRFR + LB light supplemented with lateral blue light.
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October 6, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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In 2026, #PlantBio2026 is headed to Ottawa, Canada’s capital city!

Known for its vibrant culture, walkable downtown, and summer beauty, it’s the perfect backdrop for plant science at its finest. 🌿

📅 Mark your calendars: July 18–22, 2026

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October 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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📣 The #PlantBio2026 Program Committee is pleased to announce that the abstract submission portal is now open! plantbiology.aspb.org/submit-a-pro...

The Plant Biology conference is developed for the plant science community, by members of the plant science community—that means YOU!

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October 3, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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🌱 Welcome to the official Bluesky channel for #PlantBio2026!

Join us as we count down to the premier global plant science meeting, July 18–22, 2026 in Ottawa, Canada, hosted by @aspbofficial.bsky.social and @cspbscbv.bsky.social.

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October 2, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Apple DELLA Is Degraded Under Warm Temperature Conditions in Nicotiana benthamiana Leaves Through a COP1-Dependent Mechanism (Mohamad Al Bolbol, Cecilia Costigliolo-Rojas, Evelyne Costes, David Alabadί, Fernando Andrés) doi.org/10.1002/pld3... #PlantScience
Interaction analysis of MdRGL1a-GRAS and MdCOP1. (A) The predicted 3D structures of the interactions between the GRAS domain of AtRGA and MdRGL1a with the WD40 domain of AtCOP1 and MdCOP1, respectively, were obtained using AlphaFold 3 and superimposed in PyMOL to calculate the root mean square deviation (RMSD). Proteins are color-coded as AtRGA-GRAS (white for the protein structure and yellow for potential interactive residues), AtCOP1 (light blue and red), MdRGL1a-GRAS (brown and green), and MdCOP1 (purple and cyan). Structural similarities with lower RMSD values (< 2 Å) indicate a high degree of structural similarity between the Arabidopsis and apple complexes. (B) Y2H assay showing the interaction of MdRGL1a-GRAS with MdCOP1 and MdSPA2 respectively. An additional interaction was observed between MdSPA2 and MdCOP1. Activation domain (AD) and binding domain (BD) correspond to the pGADT7 and pGBKT7 vectors, respectively. The empty symbol (∅) represents the use of an empty plasmid as a control to assess the autoactivation of each protein; Leu (leucine), Trp (tryptophan), and His (histidine) indicate selective media conditions while the numbers represent the dilutions used in the drop assay.
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September 29, 2025 at 3:15 PM
The Influence of the Conditions of Cultivation of Lactic Acid Bacteria on Their Antagonistic Activity Against Some Plant Pathogenic Bacteria (Olha Vasyliuk, Inna Garmasheva, Serhii Skrotskyi, Liudmyla Khomenko, Ihor Hretskyi, Natalia Senchylo) buff.ly/GgLgzZ5 #PlantScience
Response surface of the influence of duration (X2), temperature (X3), and pH of medium (X1) on the antagonistic activity strains L. plantarum 13с and L. plantarum 21c. The surface was derived from a second-order polynomial model based on a full factor design. Desirability (0–1): measures how well the factor settings achieve the optimization goals. Lighter/darker areas represent higher/lower response values.
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September 26, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Identification and Evolution of Salt-Tolerant Genes in Weedy Rice Through High-Throughput Resequencing (Bing Zou, Bing Han, Jianchang Sun, Mingmao Sun, Xiaoding Ma, Li Chen, Di Cui, Jing Ma, Xiaohong Guo, Longzhi Han) buff.ly/WBDsanU #PlantScience
Identification and Evolution of Salt‐Tolerant Genes in Weedy Rice Through High‐Throughput Resequencing
Weedy rice, a wild relative of cultivated rice, is highly stress-resistant and proliferates in paddy fields. In this study, 353 weedy rice accessions were analyzed to identify salt-tolerance genes…
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September 25, 2025 at 5:27 PM